CUMULUS MEDIA Brings Back Heritage Classic Rock Station
Cumulus Media relaunches heritage classic rock station 93.5 WTPA-FM in Harrisburg, PA after 10 years. Station flipped from country format, returning to classic rock with...
‘s Music From Rotation
Radio Facts: Earlier this year the song “Karate Chop” leaked online featuring rapper Lil Wayne. He raps, “Bout to put rims on my skateboard wheels/Beat...
Gay Radio KNGY Energy 92.7, Fails in San Francisco
San Francisco’s gay-oriented radio station has been sold after five years of broadcasting, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Read more: Remembering Bill Graham: A Pillar...
RECORD LABEL EXEC: RADIO KEY TO BREAKING ARTISTS
RCA Records Senior Vice President of Pop Promotion Peter Gray became the latest record executive to single out radio airplay for its unparalleled role in...
WJMN Party Promotion becomes Brawl
The question is how can radio get a better handle on these situations?Police said a fight early last Saturday morning in the parking lot of...
When DJs Were Stars: Saginaw’s W3 Soul Fans Reunite
AM Memories fly as the disc Radio DJeys who made WWWS -- W3 Soul -- a voice of Saginaw's black community reminisce about the radio...
Trial Set in Radio Contest Death Case
Trial Set In Radio Contest Death Case Woman Died While Trying To Win Wii A Sept. 8 trial date has been set in the wrongful...
WHRK’s Devin Steel: Stepping back to move forward
The Tri State Defender wrote a great piece on PD Devin Steel a couple of days ago… (pictured: Devin and his wife Keysia) The Rumba...
Performance Tax a Wasted Effort?
The more I watch this fight over artists wanting to be paid for their music the less sense it makes. These artists are trying to...
DJ B-Mello Leaves KEXP for Death Row Records
Onward and upward is the theme in Seattle’s hip-hop community these days. Every week it seems like some major announcement is happening and today is...
Florida Attorney Gen Sues Arbitron over PPM Minority Ratings
Attorney General Bill McCollum is suing audience research company Arbitron Inc., claiming it didn’t sufficiently include minorities while preparing Miami area radio station ratings. The...
Champaign Partners LLC LMA Agreement for WUIL-FM 107.9
Champaign Partners LLC announced today it has entered into a long term Local Marketing Agreement (LMA) for WUIL-FM 107.9 JAMZ with DVH MANAGEMENT d/b/a PENDLETON...
New York Radio Station has Town Hall Forum on Health
WWRL 1600AM ŔHeart 2 Heart Town Hall Forum on Health Read more: Radio Facts Legacy 30th Anniversary Issue. WWRL 1600AM Radio will host a...
Revenue Decline Pushes Radio Stations Online
Amid a decline in advertising revenue for commercial broadcast radio, and the growth of broadband internet access, online radio has proliferated in recent years. The...
Arbitron & Bonneville Sign Multi-Year PPM Agreement
Arbitron and Bonneville International Sign Multi-Year, Multi-Market Agreement for PPM software for radio programmers Read more: Radio Facts Legacy 30th Anniversary Issue. Arbitron Inc. (NYSE:...
Ex DJ Sues Station Over Harassment and Assault Claims
This Radio DJ is a fooking pu..y. We have been treated like this in urban radio since day one. You mean this is not part...
Former Clear Channel Exec Launches Online Radio Station
Filed Under: Radio Backstabists! Read more: Radio Facts Legacy 30th Anniversary Issue. Goom Radio secures $16 million. Former Clear Channel and Google execs seek to,...
Radio Caller Confesses Murder Witness
Phoenix police are investigating a possible break in a 20-year-old murder case that was called in on a morning radio show Wednesday. According to Officer...
Radio Station hits the Auction Block
Media Services Group will conduct an auction for radio station KNRV-AM 1190 and an AM station in Phoenix. The licensee of the stations, New Radio...
Radio One Pulls Huge Prank on Listeners in Philly…
Philadelphia, PA- On Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 10 AM (EST) 100.3 The Beat pulled off the biggest prank in history! Read more: Radio Facts...
Police Bust Alleged Gang-Promoting Radio Station
ORLANDO, Fla. – Gang units with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrested two men they said were illegally broadcasting a gang-promoting radio show. The sheriff’s...
WHAT? Cox Radio posts $404 million loss
Weaker advertising revenue and an impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of FCC licenses and goodwill dragged Cox Radio Inc. into the red for...
WHAT? Baltimore Musicians Take Over New Radio Station!
WTMD Launches The Baltimore Channel on WTMD HD-2 and on wtmd.org In the ultimate act of local programming, WTMD 89.7 FM/HD has launched The Baltimore...
Lexus buys naming rights to KDKA studios
Downtown-based NewsRadio 1020 KDKA has sold the naming rights to the Gateway Center studios in which the radio station has operated for generations to Lexus...